googol
<mathematics> The number represented in base-ten by a one with a hundred
zeroes after it.
According to Webster's Dictionary, the name was coined in 1938 by Milton
Sirotta, the nine-year-old nephew of American mathematician, Edward Kasner.
See also googolplex.
(2001-03-29)
Nearby terms:
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